INDEX 
ABSORPTION of water from 
the soil, 79 
Adaptation in 
plants, 117 
Adaptation in plants, 127, 
248 
climbing 
Alternation of generations, 
236 
Apiocystis, 33 
Asexual reproduction, 236 
Bacillus of 
195 
Bauhinia, a climber, 
116 
root-tubercles, 
114, 
Begonias, propagation of, 
210 
Bird’s-nest orchis, 190 
Bleeding of trees, 84 
Bordered pits, 78 
Broomrape, parasitism of, 
186 
Bud-scales, 135, 142 
Bulbils of ferns, 209 
Bulbous plants, 144 
Cacti, 142 
Cambium, 100 
Caulerpa, 50 
Cell, 20 
Cellulose, 14 
Chlamydomonas, 15 
Chlorophyll, 20 
Chloroplast, 17 
Chromatin, 227 
Chromosome, 228 
Cilia, 13 
Cladophora, 44 
Climbing plants, 107 
Collenchyma, 97, 98 . 
Co-ordination, 42 
Cuticle, 62 
Diffusion of gases through 
stomata, 65 
Dischidia rafflesiana, 159 
Dodder, 188 
Endosperm, 245 
Epichloé typhina, attack by, 
179 
Epiphyte, 133, 149 
Epiphytic orchids, 151 
Epiphytic Tillandsias, 155 
Fertilisation in Chlamydo- 
monas, 214 
Fertilisation in Halidrys, 223 
Fertilisation in Fucus, 221 
Flowering plants, reproduc- 
tion in, 
Fluorescence of chlorophyll, 
24 
Fungi, 161 
Gamete, 213 
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